Absalom Wamsley Smith

Birth: 22 Jun 1819
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 12 May 1904 (aged 84)
Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial: Draper City Cemetery

Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 40.5236282, Longitude: -111.8661346
Plot: A-3-2
Memorial ID: 9533487 View Source

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"His Life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him,
that nature might say to all the world 'This was an honest man.'"

One of his daughters was Sophrania Ann Smith, # 9533134.

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Father His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him that nature might say to all the world, 'This was an honest man.'

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Mormon Pioneer marker, Cemetery records indicate variant spelling 'Absolom W. Smith'

Family Members

Parents

Jacob Isaac Smith

1789–1856
Anna Wamsley Smith

1798–1837

Spouses

Catherine Messam Smith

1821–1894 (m. 1855)
Louisa Osborne Smith

1848–1942 (m. 1866)
Caroline or Carolyn Vaughn Smith

1843–1862
Amy Emily Downs Smith

1823–1896
Mary Ann Osborne Smith

1841–1919

Siblings

Delila Smith Shinn

1816–1851
Elijah Smith

1821–1898
Jacob Harrison Smith

1826–1896
Francis Marion Smith

1829–1904
Levi Smith

1832–1904
Lavina Smith Harbert

1834–1909
Jediah W Smith

1835–1898
John Wesley Smith

1839–1887

Children

Asa Downs Smith

1845–1924
Lovina Jane Smith Allen

1848–1925
Francis Marion Smith

1850–1921
Melissa Ann Smith Fitzgerald

1853–1933
Amy Emma Smith Shipley

1856–1918
Mary Catherine Smith Shipp

1856–1953
Heber Absalom Smith

1858–1943
Jacob Wamsley Smith

1859–1933
Joseph Carlos Smith

1860–1861
Jedediah Smith

1862–1862
Sophronia Annie Smith Skousen

1862–1893
Isaac Messam Smith

1863–1864
Delilah Ann Smith Jensen

1865–1936
Eliza Jane Smith Rust

1867–1889
Solomon Elias Smith

1869–1943
William John Smith

1870–1879
Marie Maud Smith

1871–1872
Emma Osborne Smith

1873–1875
Catherine Melvina Smith

1875–1879
David Elija Smith

1877–1879
George Albert Smith

1877–1879
Margaret Ellen "Nellie" Smith Hardcastle

1880–1966
Samuel Arthur Smith

1881–1917
Orson Ellsworth Smith

1884–1942
Elisha Smith

1886–1932

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Jacob Isaac Smith

Anna Wamsley Smith

Catherine Messam Smith

Louisa Osborne Smith

Caroline or Carolyn Vaughn Smith

Amy Emily Downs Smith

Mary Ann Osborne Smith

Delila Smith Shinn

Elijah Smith

Jacob Harrison Smith

Francis Marion Smith

Levi Smith

Lavina Smith Harbert

Jediah W Smith

John Wesley Smith

Asa Downs Smith

Lovina Jane Smith Allen

Francis Marion Smith

Melissa Ann Smith Fitzgerald

Amy Emma Smith Shipley

Mary Catherine Smith Shipp

Heber Absalom Smith

Jacob Wamsley Smith

Joseph Carlos Smith

Jedediah Smith

Sophronia Annie Smith Skousen

Isaac Messam Smith

Delilah Ann Smith Jensen

Eliza Jane Smith Rust

Solomon Elias Smith

William John Smith

Marie Maud Smith

Emma Osborne Smith

Catherine Melvina Smith

David Elija Smith

George Albert Smith

Margaret Ellen "Nellie" Smith Hardcastle

Samuel Arthur Smith

Orson Ellsworth Smith

Elisha Smith

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